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ckeditor: vulnerability history, versions and safety

ckeditor is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 28 vulnerabilities for it across 6 releases, from Aug 2014 to Feb 2025. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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28 vulnerabilities recorded U28
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18 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on ckeditor i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 18 of the 28 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 28 vulnerabilities on record across 10 years, none in the last year.

What to do: Plan around the 18 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Vulnerabilities on record 28 over 10 years · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 20 Feb 2025 i
  • Highest CVSS 7.5 i
  • With no published fix 18 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for ckeditor, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

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Version Vulert vulnerabilities Fix published Details
4.22.1+dfsg1-2 U18 No Details →
4.22.1+dfsg-1 U18 No Details →
4.19.1+dfsg-1 U18 No Details →
4.19.0+dfsg-1 U18 No Details →
4.16.2+dfsg-1 U18 No Details →
4.16.0+dfsg-2 U18 No Details →

Newest 6 of 6 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2014 2
  • 2018 2
  • 2021 11
  • 2022 2
  • 2023 4
  • 2024 6
  • 2025 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 28 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for ckeditor

The 5 most severe of 28 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CKEditor4 Dialog Plugin Regular Expression Abuse 7.5 high No fix published 16 Mar 2022
ReDoS-type attack vulnerability in CKEditor 4 6.5 medium 4.16.0+dfsg-1 26 Jan 2021
ReDoS Vulnerability in CKEditor 4: Exploitable via URL-like Text Input 6.5 medium 4.16.0+dfsg-1 26 Jan 2021
Reflected XSS Vulnerability in CKEditor 4 Due to GeSHi Plugin 6.1 medium No fix published 21 Aug 2024
Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in CKEditor4 Iframe Dialog and Media Embed Packages 6.1 medium No fix published 22 Mar 2023

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About ckeditor

Is ckeditor safe to use?

Vulert records 28 vulnerabilities for ckeditor in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 28 not yet rated. 18 of them have no published fix yet, so those are the ones to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does ckeditor have?

28 vulnerabilities are recorded for ckeditor in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 28 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new ckeditor vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for ckeditor in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 07 Aug 2014. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of ckeditor are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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